Tasmania’s opposition parties are asking for government answers about its coronavirus plans

The State Government has been asked how it plans to respond to a coronavirus epidemic.

OPPOSITION parties are asking the State Government how it plans to respond to a coronavirus epidemic.

Greens MP Rosalie Woodruff on Sunday said many Tasmanians had approached her with concerns about how to self-isolate from coronavirus if required to do so.

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“Tasmanians, particularly rural Tasmanians, need advice about how to self-isolate,” she said.

“We’re concerned there is not enough direct information for people about how to access food and other services if they’re asked to self-isolate. Supermarkets don’t deliver to rural areas.

“They need clear advice from the public health department.

She said the state’s public health authority “needs to get to the bottom of” why Tasmania’s latest case of coronavirus – a man in his 20s – didn’t self-isolate when instructed to.

“When people are asked to self-isolate, it needs to be very clear the impacts that it can have on others if they don’t do that.

“I think there are a lot of questions people in the community need to understand.”

Labor’s David O’Byrne questioned how the state’s health system would cope with further outbreaks.